republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-26.md

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Bill	Domestic partners.	Domestic partners.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 26	California AB 26 (19992000)	bill	Domestic partners.	enacted	Migden	8	29	8	1998-12-07	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/1b0a2ea0-a6fa-4745-89a8-5812079a46b3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB26	f605286a06db0d08042be7b236712d69f5e81d330fbc79e2ee7b229e86272a43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 26 (19992000) — Domestic partners.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 12/07/98 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/16/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/03/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/07/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB26 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/09/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 26 MIGDEN CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB26 Migden By Johnston — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 26 MIGDEN THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Migden — primary (person)
• Alquist — coauthor (person)
• Aroner — coauthor (person)
• Bowen — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
• Johnston — coauthor (person)
• Keeley — coauthor (person)
• Knox — principal coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — author (person)
• Lempert — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
• Murray — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Solis — coauthor (person)
• Speier — coauthor (person)
• Steinberg — coauthor (person)
• Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
• Villaraigosa — author (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 588, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-22 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
• 1999-09-09 In Assembly. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 36. Page 4295.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-09-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 3135.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-08 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-09-07 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 1999-09-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2725.)
• 1999-08-30 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 1999-08-23 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-08-19 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-08-16 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-15 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-17 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Insurance. referral-committee
• 1999-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-05-27 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 38. Page 1993.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-05-26 From inactive file. To third reading.
• 1999-05-25 Passed on file. To inactive file - Rule 78. Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Migden.
• 1999-05-24 Passed on file.
• 1999-05-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-04-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-04-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. referral-committee
• 1999-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-02-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1998-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
• 1998-12-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b0a2ea0-a6fa-4745-89a8-5812079a46b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).